Peter I Range Explained

Peter I Range
Хребет Петра I
Country:Tajikistan
Parent:Pamir Mountains
Geology:Sandstone and conglomerate
Period:Mesozoic/Cenozoic
Length Km:200
Length Orientation:E/W
Width Km:40
Width Orientation:N/S
Highest:Moscow Peak
Elevation M:6785
Coordinates:39°N 101°W
Map:Tajikistan
Label Position:none

Peter I Range, Peter the First Range[1] or Peter the Great Range (Russian: Хребет Петра I or Хребет Петра Первого) is a mountain range in Tajikistan, part of the Pamir Mountain System. The range takes its name from Peter the Great (1672 – 1725).

Geography

Peter I Range is located in the south-east of Jirgatol district in Tajikistan's Region of Republican Subordination. It forms a westerly extension of the northern Pamirs, separating the watersheds of the Surchob in the north and the Obikhingou river in the south. The range stretches in a roughly east–west direction for about 200 km, connecting with the Academy of Sciences Range at its eastern end.[2]

Peaks

Its highest summit is Moscow Peak (6,785 m). Other peaks are Leningrad Peak (6,507 m), Abalakov Peak (6,446 m), Oshanin Peak (6,389 m), Kirov Peak (6,372 m), Kuybyshev Peak (6,189 m), and the ultra-prominent Agasis Peak (5,877 m).[3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.geo.tu-freiberg.de/tektono/downloadfiles/Hamburger%20et%20al.%20Peter%20the%20First%20Range,%20GSA%20Bull.%20104,%201992.pdf Hamburger et al. Peter I range, GSA Bull., 1992
  2. http://bse.sci-lib.com/article088663.html Peter I Range
  3. Web site: Six and Seventhousanders of the Tien Shan and the Pamirs. PDF 4,6 MB. Alpine Journal, 1996, 122–130. Yevgeniy Gippenreiter, Vladimir Shataev.